BILL NUMBER: AB 212	CHAPTERED  09/20/00

	CHAPTER   547
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 20, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   SEPTEMBER 18, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 31, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 30, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   AUGUST 29, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MARCH 6, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 28, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 12, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Aroner
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Keeley, Kuehl, Romero, Scott,
Shelley, Strom-Martin, Washington, and Wayne)
   (Coauthors:  Senators Perata, Speier, and Vasconcellos)

                        JANUARY 25, 1999

   An act to add Section 8300 to the Education Code, relating to
child care and development.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 212, Aroner.  Child care and development.
   Existing law, the California Child Day Care Act, provides for the
licensure and regulation of certain providers of child day care by
the Department of Social Services.  Under existing law, the Child
Care and Development Services Act, the State Department of Education
is designated as the state agency responsible for the promotion,
development, and provision of care for children in the absence of
their parents during the workday or while engaged in other activities
that require assistance of a third party.  Existing law requires the
Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish rules and
regulations for the staffing of all center-based child care and
development programs under contract with the State Department of
Education.
   This bill would require that specified funds appropriated by the
Budget Act of 2000 for child care and development shall be allocated
to local child care and development planning councils based on the
percentage of state-subsidized, center-based child care funds
received in that county, to be used to address the retention of
qualified child care employees in state-subsidized child care
centers.  The bill would require the State Department of Education to
develop guidelines for use by local child care and development
planning councils in developing county plans for the expenditure of
funds allocated pursuant to those provisions, would require those
guidelines to be consistent with certain goals, and would require
those guidelines to be approved by the Secretary for Education and
the Department of Finance.  The bill would require that any funds
provided to a county pursuant to those provisions be used in
accordance with an approved county plan, and would authorize a county
to retain up to 1% of the county's total allocation for
reimbursement of administrative expenses associated with the planning
process.  The bill would require the Superintendent of Public
Instruction to provide an annual report to the Legislature, the
Governor, the Secretary for Education, and the Department of Finance
that includes, but is not limited to, a summary of the distribution
of the funds by county and a description of how the funds were
applied.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 8300 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   8300.  (a) The Legislature recognizes the importance of providing
quality child care services.  It is, therefore, the intent of the
Legislature to assist counties in improving the retention of
qualified child care employees who work directly with children who
receive state subsidized child care services.
   (b) The funds appropriated for the purposes of this section by
paragraph (11) of schedule (b) of Item 6110-196-0001 of Section 2.00
of the Budget Act of 2000 (Ch. 52, Stats. 2000), and that are
described in subdivision (i) of Provision 7 of that item, shall be
allocated to local child care and development planning councils based
on the percentage of state-subsidized, center-based child care funds
received in that county, and shall be used to address the retention
of qualified child care employees in state-subsidized child care
centers.  Additionally, funds may be allocated annually thereafter
for these purposes.
   (c) The State Department of Education shall develop guidelines for
use by local child care and development planning councils in
developing county plans for the expenditure of funds allocated
pursuant to this section.  These guidelines shall be consistent with
the department's assessment of the current needs of the subsidized
child care workforce, and shall be subject to the approval of the
Secretary for Education and the Department of Finance.  Any county
plan developed pursuant to these guidelines shall be approved by the
State Department of Education prior to the allocation of funds to the
local child care and development planning council.
   (d) Funds provided to a county for the purposes of this section
shall be used in accordance with the plan approved pursuant to
subdivision (c).  A county with an approved plan may retain up to 1
percent of the county's total allocation made pursuant to this
section for reimbursement of administrative expenses associated with
the planning process.
   (e) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall provide an
annual report, no later than April 10 of each year, to the
Legislature, the Secretary for Education, the Department of Finance,
and the Governor that includes, but is not limited to, a summary of
the distribution of the funds by county and a description of the use
of the funds.
